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Grammar : Verb
Spell : fawl
Phonetic Transcription : fɔl



Definition of falls through

Origin :
  • present participle adjective from fall (v.). Falling star is from 1560s; falling out "disagreement" is from 1560s. Falling evil "epilepsy" is from early 13c.
  • As in miscarry : verb fail to attain goal
  • As in fail : verb be unsuccessful
  • As in founder : verb go under, fail
Example sentences :
  • Two and a half pages are filled with the crossing, and yet he falls through the ice.
  • Extract from : « The Possessed » by Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • Antony fails and falls through excess of lust; Lear through trust in men, and Timon through heedless generosity.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • During the second second it falls through a distance of forty-eight feet, and during the third second a distance of eighty feet.
  • Extract from : « Perpetual Motion » by Percy Verance
  • Frosty weather is the best for snow-shoe travelling, as the snow is fine and dust-like, and falls through the net-work.
  • Extract from : « Hudson Bay » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • The paddy that falls through is taken and stored in the loft in large round bins made of bark.
  • Extract from : « Children of Borneo » by Edwin Herbert Gomes
  • I slip the paper in the slit and poke till it falls through on the other side of the door.
  • Extract from : « The Lost Kafoozalum » by Pauline Ashwell
  • A sort of sending a delinquent to Coventry exists, but falls through when the matter has blown over.
  • Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston
  • You ought to see the light of the October moon, as it falls through a roof of leafless limbs in some silent piece of woods.
  • Extract from : « The Fall of the Year » by Dallas Lore Sharp
  • If it falls through, and you find the horse still on your hands, there is no need to mention its association with the omnibus.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 8, 1890 » by Various
  • I've tried for two years to get this, and if it falls through now, I shall find it hard to bear.'
  • Extract from : « Black Rock » by Ralph Connor

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